Romance LanguagesAn exhibit of paintings, monoprints and a poetry installation all combining love for the written word with symbols and subtle imagery. The theme is love, romance, and the poetry in the simplest of things. The paintings start with poems engraved in a plaster background on wood, which gradually become less visible as color, texture and imagery cover them.
Women Becoming PoemsAn antique bed covered with 118 envelopes made of a see-through material, sewn together, containing love poems written be 23 local woman poets. Four satin pillow embroidered with the words Romance, Languages, Desire, Dream. Four smaller pillows with one letter embroidered on each: P-O-E-T on the bed. A sheer dress/night coat, hanging in the window like a curtain. A journal made of the same material as the envelopes containing the poems in complete form, tucked in a pocket on each page.Guadalupe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February; 2000. The exhibit, with its poetry installation, was celebrated by a reading.
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Issue #15, April, 2000 :
Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.
Updated: April 23, 2000.
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